INTERRUPTER

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A device for automatically interrupting an electric current

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("interrupter" is a kind of...):

device (an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose)

Derivation:

interrupt (make a break in)

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